Zhu Yijun deliberately took such a time, naturally he had something to say to Gao Pragmatic, and Gao Pragmatic was psychologically prepared for this, but as soon as Zhu Yijun opened his mouth, Gao Pragmatic was still startled.

"Pragmatism, I heard you want to make firearms?"

Because of the "friendship between classmates" for more than half a year, the relationship between the two of them has become quite close. Zhu Yijun now only calls Gao Shishi in front of people as Gao Shixuan, and he has long been accustomed to calling him by his name in private. Of course, calling him by his name is because Gao Pragmatic has no words, otherwise he must be calling Gao Pragmatic.

Gao Shishi shook the chopsticks in his hand, and almost dropped a piece of mutton that he had just picked up on the table.

Fortunately, his acting skills have already been trained for many years, so he immediately calmed down, raised his head, and showed a look of surprise: "Where did the prince hear about it?" ”

Zhu Yijun did not doubt that he had him, and said casually: "There is a little yellow gate in my mother's palace, and he has a cousin who works on an errand in the War Bureau. ”

Gao Shishi was slightly relieved and said with a smile: "It turned out that I was talking about this matter, but it is true." He only said half of it, but he deliberately didn't explain why he did it. Of course, this is not because he doesn't have any eyesight, but deliberately, because he doesn't know Zhu Yijun's attitude now, let alone whether Longqing and Li Guifei know, and if they do, what their attitude is, so Gao Pragmatic needs to judge from Zhu Yijun's next words.

Zhu Yijun saw Gao pragmatically admitted, and immediately said: "You still know firearms?" ”

"Well, the prince knows this." Gao Pragmatic first set up an ambush, and then said: "But the matter of co-making firearms, it is not the minister himself to do it, this matter is a long story, I don't know if the prince can know the minister's uncle Cun'an, he used to supervise Caojiang, and there are good firearms makers among his subordinates......" Then he briefly informed Zhu Yijun of Gao Jie's affairs back then, as well as Gao Yi's origin and director.

Zhu Yijun listened, nodded and said, "So that's the case, I think it's very good...... Originally, I didn't know that the firearms of the Northern Army had deteriorated into this way, or only yesterday after listening to your debriefing did I know that those three-eyed guns were useless at all, otherwise your head of the family named Gao Jue would have made a great contribution this time! ”

Gao pragmatically smiled and didn't speak.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while, and said: "It's a good thing that you have the heart to help the imperial court make a new type of firecracker, if it is made by the time comes, and the military department can accept it, we might as well think of persuading my father to replace those three-eyed guns." However, you are about to go back to your hometown to take the children's exam, it is best not to be too distracted, you must know that your reference this time is not only related to yourself, if you do not do well in the exam, even me and even my father will be a little disgraced. ”

The children's examination includes three stages: the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination, and all of them can be qualified as students, so Gao Pragmatic will return to Xinzheng this time, and it will take four months to pull the time of the examination before and after, and if you count the time to go back in advance, it may take up to half a year to return to Beijing.

Gao pragmatic listened to Zhu Yijun's instructions, and did not express any determination, but responded very calmly.

When Zhu Yijun saw it, he was a little curious, and said: "Although I told you like this, I don't think you can be so embarrassed to take the exam, why are you sad?" ”

"It's not that I'm worried about the exam, but about the firearm." Gao Shishi sighed and said: "The minister went to observe the government this time and found that if those firearms are really qualified, although the power is weak, but in fact, they can still be used, but they are just ...... Obviously, all of them have passed the acceptance of firearms, and their quality can meet the design requirements is less than one in ten. The minister is worried now that even if a new type of firearm is designed in the future, when the manufacturing bureaus make it, I am afraid that it may not be able to be used. ”

"Yes, why are they all firecrackers that have passed the acceptance, but in fact, there are so many that are unusable?" Zhu Yijun was reminded by him like this, and he also remembered this stubble, and frowned: "Could it be that the acceptance officials at all levels are doing ghosts in it?" ”

Zhu Yijun, the crown prince, originally didn't understand what sinister people were, but after being intervened by Gao Pragmatic, he now has the power to observe politics, and he reads a letter every day and the corresponding cabinet handling methods, so he gradually understands a little, and is no longer as naïve as before.

Gao pragmatic said: Of course, it is not only the acceptance officer who is playing ghosts, in fact, from the purchase of materials to the manufacture of firearms, from the acceptance at all levels to the distribution and storage, which link is no one making ghosts?

However, Gao Pragmatic will definitely not say it explicitly, although it seems that he and Zhu Yijun are communicating in private at the moment, but there are also small eunuchs waiting around, who knows if these people are reliable?

He was suspicious of Zhu Yijun when he learned that he was "co-making firearms", and the little eunuch in Concubine Li's palace was so coincidental that he learned from his cousin that he was "making firearms", and he told Zhu Yijun so coincidentally?

You must know that Feng Bao is the most favored eunuch under Li Guifei, with his power in the inner court, the arrangements of the little eunuchs in Li Guifei's palace are only approved by him, right? What if this matter was found out by Feng Bao at all, and then deliberately spread it to Zhu Yijun, Li Guifei and Emperor Longqing?

Gao Pragmatic himself is a person who likes to manipulate the development of events behind the scenes, and he has a natural vigilance against this kind of conspiratorial incident, so whether it is really just a coincidence or not, he will not ignore it. Besides, Feng Bao has been pretending to be his grandson for half a year since he was cheated by himself last time, which is very abnormal!

Gao Pragmatic doesn't think Feng Bao is really afraid, and really gives up going against the Gao family - Feng Bao in history has a strong desire for power and a strong sense of revenge, will he bow his head and admit it because he was in his own pit once? No way!

Therefore, Gao Shishi just smiled bitterly at the moment and said: "What is going on, the minister can't say, anyway, according to the minister's visit this time, whether it is manufacturing, transportation, acceptance, warehousing, the people in charge of each link can find a reason to shirk and say that it is none of their business." When Chen heard this, he really wanted to build a factory to see if it was really possible to stabilize the quality only by making prototypes, and once it was manufactured in large quantities, there would be so many problems...... Alas! ”

Gao Pragmatic's words are obviously a bait, but where does Zhu Yijun know? His Royal Highness the Poor Crown Prince was immediately reminded by this sentence, and his eyes lit up, and he said, "Huh? Be pragmatic, don't say it, I think your idea is pretty good! ”

Zhu Yijun said, excited, and said: "Those people down there can't be relied on, we can come by ourselves!" ”

Gao Pragmatic was stunned when he heard this, and cried out in his heart: We? Wait, I'll just come to this matter, your old man, His Royal Highness the Prince, don't have to interfere!